Definitions
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- noun In chem., the symbol for ytterbium.
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- noun chemistry Symbol for
ytterbium .
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- noun a unit of information equal to 1000 zettabytes or 10^24 bytes
- noun a soft silvery metallic element; a rare earth of the lanthanide series; it occurs in gadolinite and monazite and xenotime
- noun a unit of information equal to 1024 zebibytes or 2^80 bytes
- noun a unit of information equal to 1000 zettabits or 10^24 bits
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Examples
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Yb: KGW and Yb: KYW laser crystals for direct diode pumping EKSMA OPTICS offers an attractive lasing materials ytterbium doped potassium tungstates, namely Yb: KYW and Yb: KGW.
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April 26, 2010 at 11: 15 AM the best metal is and will always be Ytterbium (Yb).
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A quantum bit stored in a single trapped ytterbium ion Yb+ is teleported to a second Yb+ atom with an average fidelity of 90% over a replete set of states.
Quantum Teleportation - A Mark Merlin Mystery! Staq Mavlen 2009
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A quantum bit stored in a single trapped ytterbium ion Yb+ is teleported to a second Yb+ atom with an average fidelity of 90% over a replete set of states.
Archive 2009-01-01 Staq Mavlen 2009
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The gap represents the proper location of the first row of the inner transition metals — that is, lanthanum, La, which is element number 57, through ytterbium, Yb, which is element 70.
Elements 2009
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The researchers designed and built a ytterbium-fiber Yb:fiber laser for the heart of the frequency comb, which was then modulated at 154 Megahertz to produce a series of spectral lines running from approximately 40 to 120 nanometers.
Ars Technica Matthew Francis 2012
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Miyachi Unitek's innovative new LMF2000 Yb: Fiber Laser Marker provides maximum marking contrast, depth, and speed for all plastic and metal applications by combining high beam quality, high beam power and the largest Q-switch frequency range (2 - 500kHz) available on the market today!
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The Alt-SCA femtosecond laser-machining system integrates the complete Aerotech motion sub-system. including rack-mounted linear servo-amplifiers with a 10W Yb: KGW (1,030nm) femtosecond laser source, machine vision, beam-shaping optics and a galvo scanning head with resulting fabrication speeds up to 350,000 pixels per second with 25,400DPI resolution.
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The Alt-SCA femtosecond laser-machining system integrates the complete Aerotech motion sub-system. including rack-mounted linear servo-amplifiers with a 10W Yb: KGW (1,030nm) femtosecond laser source, machine vision, beam-shaping optics and a galvo scanning head with resulting fabrication speeds up to 350,000 pixels per second with 25,400DPI resolution.
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If Yb (10890) is the cause of the anomaly, there is another clue waiting to be uncovered according to Ali.
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